One of the world’s smallest dolphins! There are only about 25 in captivity, so I was lucky to see two at Sea World in San Diego. I watched them for about 45 minutes, and they both swam around their tank upside-down the whole time. Why? There’s no good reason, but this dolphin loves to spin and leap out of the water; they are very active…so maybe swimming upside-down is just fun! So who is this guy? Well, he’s known as the Panda dolphin, the Skunk dolphin, and the Piebald dolphin, but this little guy’s real name is: Commerson’s dolphin. There…
Author: I Spy Animals
This is supposed to be a coyote pack. But it’s not. It’s a pack of coyote-dogs. In Bouquet Canyon, where I grew up, we owned five acres in the National Forest (it wasn’t forested, though; it was like desert – juniper and sagebrush). We were basically in the middle of nowhere. And we had dozens of cats. Well, I should say a succession of dozens of cats. These cats were safe from harm around our house and our dogs but like most cats they were too… curious. So in the night they wandered up into the canyon hills behind…
Question: When should you stand out? Answer: When you have No Fear! But is there a time to blend? Oh yes! You blend when you feel a bit…insecure. That’s what frogs do. Frogs have little with which to defend themselves; no claws or teeth, no bad breath (well, I’m not personally acquainted with frog breath, per se). So, many frogs camouflage themselves; disappearing into their environment. Wanna see? Did you see them all? It’s not easy…but they’re there! Just look carefully. But some frogs couldn’t care less about being seen; in fact, they WANT to be seen. Why on earth?…
Yes, donkeys and zebras can breed and have babies! The above foal was born to a donkey mother, fathered by a zebra. I like this little guy, half horse, half zebra. The flank stripes make me think the zebra was a mountain zebra…what do you think?
They’re very hard to spot because they blend in with the coral. And they’re small. As small as your fingernail. So you swim by, never seeing the little gems that clutch the coral… How many times did I miss them in my dives in Bonaire and Tahiti? Could there have been dozens of Pygmy seahorses, all watching me? Let’s look at what I might have seen if I had looked closely: They look more like little candies than real seahorses! Now let’s have a bit of I Spy fun! How hard is it to spot the Pygmy seahorses in the…
Anyone know what type of zebra this is? If not, check out my zebra posts on identifying zebras!
The photo above shows the quagga, a subspecies of the Plains zebra. This female quagga, formerly of the London Zoo in Regent’s Park, is the only one ever photographed alive. But the quagga became officially extinct when the last one died in the Natura Artis Magistra Zoo in Amsterdam in 1883. Above is a very cool painting of a male quagga that resided at The Royal College of Surgeons, believe it or not. Painted by Jacques-Laurent Agasse. I like it… especially the white tail. This photo is a modern Plains zebra that is part of the project to breed back the quagga from…
So, you ready? It’s test time and it will be eeeezeeeeeeee. Look at and identify each elephant type, then scroll down and check your answers. Here are the types: African Bush elephant African forest elephant Asian elephant Pygmy elephant I bet you’ll get ’em all right! Scroll down… I told you it would be easy! Leave a comment to tell me how you did. Now get out there and do some elephant stalking at your zoo, movie night, or nearest savanna…you know what to look for!